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Apple Silicon Validation Software Engineer Embedded Low-level Programming 
United States, California, San Diego 
528557058

03.04.2025
•Develop boot and driver code for Apple SOC, including AP clusters, IO Co-Processor system, fabric, power management, memory and other I/O devices •Design, implement, and enhance Common Firmware Environment (CFE) and other platform software for Apple silicon validation organization.•Develop system software to exercise power saving feature (suspend and resume) •Contribute to SDRAM initialization and calibration development •Implement firmware driver for PMIC and battery charging •Participate in the chip bring-up on simulator, emulation, FPGA and silicon•Develop applications covering system level use cases and functional features •Participate in SOC architecture, design specification and board schematics review
  • A minimum of a BS degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field.
  • Proficient in C/C++, assembly a plus
  • Background in embedded software development, bare metal, RTOS and/or Linux
  • Solid understanding about ARM specification, computer architecture, operating system
  • Experience in boot code, CPU & SOC initialization, device drivers
  • Experience in lpDDR4/5, DRAM initialization and calibration a big plus
  • Experience in pre/post silicon verification on SOC is a plus.
  • Good troubleshooting skills in silicon bring-up and embedded software debugging
  • Familiar with IO protocols: I2C, SPI, SPMI, UART, GPIO (PCIe/USB-C is a plus.)
  • Experience with script language such as Python, Perl, or Tcl.
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